Handbook of research on communities of practice for organizational management and networking  methodologies for competitive advantage /  [electronic resource] : 
Olga Rivera Hernaez and Eduardo Bueno Campos, editors. 
 - Hershey, Pa. :  IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  c2011. 
 - electronic texts (466 p.) :  ill., digital files. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>1. A Communities of practice approach to management knowledge dissemination / Joanne Roberts -- 2. Sharing knowledge through communities of practice / Eduardo Campos, Carlos Moreno, Reinaldo Landaeta -- 3. Communities of practice as work teams to knowledge management / Celia Z�arraga-Oberty -- 4. Ba and communities of practice in research and strategic communities as a way forward / Irma M�ak�ar�ainen-Suni, Jianzhong Hong -- 5. Unraveling power dynamics in communities of practice / Marcel Veenswijk, Cristina Chisalita -- 6. Conceptual foundations of communities of practice as organizational structures / Sandra Sanz, Mario P�erez-Montoro -- 7. Samson and Delilah as a discourse of communities of practice / Jennifer Adelstein -- 8. Communities of practice / Edurne Loyarte, Olga Hern�aez -- 9. Knowledge creation, Ba and CoP / Monica Somoza, Julio Prado, Cecilia Rivera -- 10. Community and advantage in the effects industry / Paul Skilton -- 11. People-focused knowledge sharing initiatives in medium-high and high technology companies / Nekane Aramburu, Josune S�aenz -- 12. Communities of practice based business performance evaluation / Mei-Tai Chu, Rajiv Khosla -- 13. Management fads, communities of practice and innovation / Athanasios Hadjimanolis -- 14. Triple helix organisations, communities of practice and time / Kathryn Hayes -- 15. Cross-organization virtual CoP / Demosthenes Akoumianakis -- 16. Future tools for sharing knowledge / David Oyarzun, Amalia Ortiz, Mar�ia Carretero --  17. The roles of peripheral participants and brokers / Fran�cois Grima, Emmanuel Josserand -- 18. CoPs & organizational identity / Eduardo Campos, M�onica Somoza, M. Salmador -- 19. Within- and between- CoP knowledge sharing in knowledge-intensive firms / Thomas Garavan ... [et al.] -- 20. Knowledge sharing within and between communities of practice in a knowledge intensive organization / Tuija L�ams�a, Satu N�atti -- 21. Creativity in action / David Calvey -- 22. A CoP for research activities in universities / Willi Bernhard, Marco Bettoni, Gabriele Schiller -- 23. Communities of practice in public administration / Mario P�erez-Montoro, Jes�us Mart�inez -- 24. Growing the eLIDA CAMEL community of practice case study / Jill Jameson -- 25. Evaluating CoPs in cancer surgery / Michael Fung-Kee-Fung, Robin Morash, Elena Goubanova. 
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<br/><br/> "This book provides a sound understanding of the managerial implications of communities of practice as well as their opportunities and limits for knowledge management"--Provided by publisher. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781605668031 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4018/978-1-60566-802-4  doi 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Knowledge management.<br/>Organizational learning.<br/>Management.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Basis model knowledge management Business performance evaluation Communities of practice as work teams Critical success factors Cross boundary learning trajectories Evolution of communal practice People-focused knowledge sharing initiatives Power dynamics Practice as organizational structures Virtual communities of practice 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD30.2  / .H36424 2011e 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.4/038